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LLCo <br />ItY01- <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO •SINCT;•. 1878 <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DECLARING JUNE 5th TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE <br />AWARENESS DAY <br />This proclamation, on behalf of Mayor Stolzmann, declares June 5, 2020 to be National Gun <br />Violence Awareness Day in the City of Louisville, Colorado to honor and remember all <br />victims and survivors of gun violence and to declare that we as a country must do more to reduce <br />gun violence. <br />WHEREAS, every day in the United States, hundreds of men, women, and children are shot, <br />nearly one-third of them fatally; and <br />WHEREAS, each year in the United States, more than37,500 individuals are killed and <br />73,300 individuals are wounded by gunfire; 13,300 individuals are killed in homicides involving <br />firearms; 22,900 individuals die by suicide using a firearm; and 470 individuals are killed in <br />unintentional shootings; and <br />WHEREAS, by one count, in 2019 in the United States, there were 417 mass shooting incidents <br />in which not fewer than 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2019 in the United States, there were at least 130 incidents of gunfire on school <br />grounds, resulting in 33 deaths and 77 injuries; and <br />WHEREAS, every year in the United States, approximately 3,000 children and teens are killed <br />by gun violence and 13,000 children and teens are shot and wounded; and <br />WHEREAS approximately 7,600 people in the United States under the age of 25 die because of <br />gun violence annually, including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 15 years of age <br />in Chicago, Illinois, while standing in a park; and <br />WHEREAS, the deadly toll of daily gun violence has continued even during the COVID-19 <br />pandemic; and <br />WHEREAS, protecting public safety in the communities they serve is the Louisville City <br />Council's most fundamental responsibility; and <br />WHEREAS, local government and law enforcement officers know their communities best, are <br />the most familiar with local criminal activity and how to address it, and are best positioned to <br />understand how to keep their citizens safe; and <br />